Extraordinaire Instrument de Musique

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This is almost unbelievable. See how

all of the balls wind up in catcher cones.

 

This incredible machine was built as a collaborative effort between the Robert

M. Trammell Music Conservatory and the Sharon Wick School of Engineering at the

University of Iowa .. Amazingly, 97% of the machines

components came from John Deere Industries and Irrigation Equipment of

Bancroft, Iowa

....Yes, farm equipment!

 

It took the team a combined 13,029 hours of set-up,

alignment, calibration, and tuning before filming this video but as you

can see it was WELL worth the effort.

 

It is now on display in the Matthew Gerhard Alumni Hall at the University and

is already slated to be donated to the Smithsonian.